Remote Control Commands
R&S
®
SMB100A
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ces. The headers of these commands consist of "*" followed by three letters. Many
common commands are related to the Status Reporting System.
Available common commands:
*CLS
Clear status
Sets the status byte (STB), the standard event register (ESR) and the
EVENt
part of
the
QUEStionable
and the
OPERation
registers to zero. The command does not
alter the mask and transition parts of the registers. It clears the output buffer.
Usage:
Setting only
*ESE
<Value>
Event status enable
Sets the event status enable register to the specified value. The query returns the con-
tents of the event status enable register in decimal form.
Parameters:
<Value>
Range:
0 to 255
*ESR?
Event status read
Returns the contents of the event status register in decimal form and subsequently
sets the register to zero.
Return values:
<Contents>
Range:
0 to 255
Common Commands
